Shawdesh Desk:

All 57 Bangladeshis who were earlier convicted by the federal court of the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE, on Tuesday.

They will be deported to Bangladesh soon.

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus disclosed this at a meeting with editors of media outlets on Tuesday.

In July, 2024, the United Arab Emirates handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against the then government in Bangladesh while in the Gulf country where demonstrations were banned.

The official Emirati news agency WAM said that three Bangladeshi expatriates were sentenced to life, 53 others to 10 years in prison and one to 11 years for participating in alleged protests.